# Template localization

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-localization/139023>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-localization/139023 "2008-05-30T04:18:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mfilej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mfilej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mfilej)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-localization/139023/1 "2008-05-30T04:18:36Z")

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Hello,

I’m writing an app that needs a simple localization system. I thought  
it would be enough to have localized templates (like rendering  
show.en.html.haml when the requested action is show and the current  
locale is set to en) without all the complex features that i18n  
plugins have.

Since I was unable to find a plugin that works on edge I decided to  
write some code on my own. I think it shouldn’t be a lot of work so  
I’m asking for some guidance - I’m not familiar with the ActionView  
internals and I don’t want to write unnecessary code. Where should I  
start?

Cheers,  
Miha